 
Mr. Bernstein is a senior statesman of Intellectual Property law-having practiced for close to 50 years in the area. His practice consists of all aspects of Intellectual Property law, with particular emphases in litigation in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields and in chemical and pharmaceutical patent application preparation and prosecution. Mr. Bernstein is an adjunct professor at Temple University Law School, teaching patent litigation, and is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University, teaching patent law to engineers. He is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Patent Law Association (now The Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association). He has been a co-planner and speaker at numerous continuing legal education seminars sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Mr. Bernstein received his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and his law degree, with honors, from The George Washington University. Dedicated to public service work, Mr. Bernstein Alan has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. and the Jewish Employment and Vocational Service.
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court, for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Member, Civil Service Commission of Abington Township, 1975-1978.
Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Patent Law Association, 1979-1981.
Member, Board of Governors, Jewish Employment Vocational Service (JEVS), 1979-1988 and 1992-1995
Chairman, Subcommittee for Revision of Model State Trademark Act, U.S. Trademark Association, 1984-1985.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, 1978-1993.
Member, Board of Trustees, Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., 1992, 1993.
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Epsilon Rho, Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1994
Speeches:
Current Developments in Patent Law, Practicing Law Institute, 1976, 1980 and 1982
Patent Trial Advocacy, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, American Bar Association, November 1984
Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education, 1995-1997, 2000
Lecturer for Evening Program, Temple University Law School, 1985-1992
Lecturer for CLE Credit on patent and other Intellectual Property topics, 1994-2000
Member of Panel and Speaker, Joint Patent Law Association Conference, 1985, 1988 and 1996-1997; Special Trademark Counsel
Co-Course Planner for CLE Program sponsored by Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 22 and 23, 2000
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2006
Chambers USA: Top-Ranked in Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Drexel University: B.S. Chemical Engineering ,1955
George Washington University Law School: J.D. with honors, 1959
Examiner, United States Patent & Trademark Office, 1955-1959
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ALAN H. BERNSTEIN partner
INDUSTRIES SERVED
Biotechnology
Chemical
Pharmaceutical
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2006
Chambers USA: Top-Ranked in Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Epsilon Rho, Member, Executive Committee (1978-1994)
AV rated Martindale Hubbell
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
Drexel University: B.S. Chemical Engineering 1955
George Washington University Law School: J.D. with honors 1959
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